Megan Taylor Worldviews: Christian Perspective Professor Faber August 25, 2014 Defence of Socrates Socrates was considered to be a man of several different talents as well as the wisest man among the land. “They say that there is one Socrates, a ‘wise man,’ who ponders what is above the earth and investigates everything beneath it, and turns the weaker argument into the stronger.” (pg.28) Socrates was an extremely wise and religious man and even though he knew in his heart that he was being wrongfully accused of corrupting young children he accepted his punishment. Wisdom is a gift obtained by few men and Socrates was blessed by the Delphic Oracle with the most wisdom of them all. He made several difficult travels to philosophers, throughout his time, to find out if he would ever be able to find someone who was as wise or wiser than he was, but the only answer he was always left with was that he was the …show more content…
We all wonder why God puts us in some of the situations he does but we need to remember that every situation is a lesson and allows us to grow up and become stronger and more independent individuals. Wisdom is one of the most valuable lessons that we are blessed with in this life and we should never take it for granted because it does allow us to determine right from wrong and helps shape us into the unique individuals that we have become today. He showed us an example of this when he was in trail and never backed down from what he though was right, he was always fighting for what he believed in. The Athenian people felt as though Socrates was corrupting all of the young children because he was the smartest man of them all but this was something that Socrates had no control over. “So every perosn in Athens, it would appear, has an excellent influence on them except for me, whereas I alone am corrupting them.” (pg.